Costa Rica vs New Zealand: Chickens — Stocks

Costa Rica
267,410 LSU
in 2023
New Zealand
252,740 LSU
in 2023
Costa Rica rank
90th
New Zealand rank
93rd

Chickens — Stocks over time

  • Costa Rica
  • New Zealand
050.0k100.0k150.0k200.0k250.0k196119922023

How they compare

Costa Rica currently reports 267,410 LSU against 252,740 LSU in New Zealand, a difference of 14,670 LSU.

That makes Costa Rica's figure about 1.1 times New Zealand's.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was New Zealand ahead.

Costa Rica ranks 90th and New Zealand ranks 93rd of 193 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 4 and New Zealand in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade Costa Rica New Zealand Difference Ahead
1960s 28,987 LSU 47,752 LSU 18,766 LSU New Zealand
1970s 39,235 LSU 62,240 LSU 23,005 LSU New Zealand
1980s 73,800 LSU 77,448 LSU 3,648 LSU New Zealand
1990s 129,550 LSU 111,400 LSU 18,150 LSU Costa Rica
2000s 205,235 LSU 179,508 LSU 25,727 LSU Costa Rica
2010s 241,140 LSU 212,141 LSU 28,999 LSU Costa Rica
2020s 263,565 LSU 251,385 LSU 12,180 LSU Costa Rica

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher chickens — stocks, Costa Rica or New Zealand?
Costa Rica, at 267,410 LSU against 252,740 LSU in New Zealand as of 2023.
What is the difference in chickens — stocks between Costa Rica and New Zealand?
14,670 LSU, with Costa Rica ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and New Zealand?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Costa Rica and New Zealand rank globally for chickens — stocks?
Costa Rica ranks 90th and New Zealand ranks 93rd of 193 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Chickens — Stocks. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Chickens — Stocks
Unit
LSU
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
244 places, 13,956 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed

The Livestock Patterns domain of FAOSTAT contains data on livestock numbers, shares of major livestock species and densities of livestock units in the agricultural land area. Values are calculated using Livestock Units (LSU), which facilitate aggregating information for different livestock types. Data are available by country, with global coverage, for the period 1961 to the most recent year available with annual updates. This methodology applies the LSU coefficients reported in the "Guidelines for the preparation of livestock sector reviews" (FAO, 2011). From this publication, LSU coefficients are computed by livestock type and by country. The reference unit used for the calculation of livestock units (=1 LSU) is the grazing equivalent of one adult dairy cow producing 3000 kg of milk annually, fed without additional concentrated foodstuffs. FAOSTAT agri-environmental indicators on livestock patterns closely follow the structure of the indicators in EUROSTAT.